Networking skills — page 27
Conversation openers, exits, follow-ups and the social mechanics of meeting the right people at events.
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Building on an Event Platform API: What's Possible?
Explore what businesses can build with an event platform API, from event registration and attendee management to networking experiences, integrations, automation, and scalable event workflows.
Using Notion for Event Operations: A Complete Event Planning Workflow
Learn how to use Notion for event operations, from planning workflows and managing tasks to organizing attendees. Discover where Notion fits and how MeetWho helps create better networking experiences.
WhatsApp Groups vs an Event Platform: Where Each Breaks
Compare WhatsApp groups and dedicated event platforms to understand where community management, attendee communication, networking, and event operations succeed or fail. Learn when tools like MeetWho help organizers create better event experiences.
Walking Meetups: Small, Cheap, Surprisingly Effective Ways to Build Real Connections
Discover how walking meetups create affordable, low-pressure opportunities for meaningful conversations, community building, and professional connections. Learn how organizers can design better walking events with smarter registration, participant management, and networking tools.
Team Offsite Agenda That Isn’t Trust Falls: A Practical Playbook
A practical team offsite agenda for teams that want alignment, better decisions, meaningful connection, and useful follow-through—not trust falls or forced fun. Includes a one-day agenda template, activity framework, planning checklist, facilitation guidance, networking ideas, and post-offsite actions.
Adding Real Networking to an All-Hands or Town Hall: A Complete Guide
Learn how to add meaningful networking to a company town hall by moving beyond passive attendance. Discover strategies, formats, tools, and best practices to create valuable employee connections.
How to Run a Customer Advisory Board Meeting: Complete Guide
Learn how to run a customer advisory board meeting with a structured agenda, member selection process, engagement tactics, follow-up framework, and practical tools to create valuable customer insights.
The SaaS User Conference Playbook for First-Timers: How to Plan, Run, and Maximize Your Event
A practical SaaS User Conference Playbook for first-timers covering planning, attendee engagement, networking, event operations, and post-event success strategies with actionable steps.
How to Plan a Multi-City Roadshow: A Complete Event Roadshow Guide
Learn how to plan a multi-city roadshow with a structured strategy covering locations, logistics, audience management, event technology, networking, and post-event measurement.
Open Office Hours as a Recurring Community Event: A Complete Guide
Learn how to design Open Office Hours as a recurring community event format that improves engagement, accessibility, and meaningful networking. Discover planning frameworks, best practices, tools, and how platforms like MeetWho help organizers create structured event experiences.
How to Run an AMA Session That Doesn't Die After Three Questions
Learn how to design an AMA session format that keeps participants engaged beyond the first few questions. Discover preparation methods, moderation tactics, audience interaction strategies, and how event networking platforms can improve meaningful conversations.
Fireside Chat vs Panel: Choosing the Right Stage Format for Events
Learn the key differences between a fireside chat and a panel discussion, when to use each event format, and how organizers can create more engaging experiences with the right structure and audience networking strategy.
How to Run a Community Awards Night: Complete Planning Guide
Learn how to run a community awards night with a practical step-by-step guide covering planning, nominations, judging, event operations, attendee engagement, networking, and post-event follow-up strategies.
Talk vs Workshop: Which Format Fits Your Topic?
Learn the difference between a talk and a workshop format, when to choose each approach, and how event organizers can create more engaging experiences with the right structure.
Recording a Podcast Live in Front of an Audience: Complete Guide to Live Podcast Events
Learn how to plan and execute a live podcast event, from audience engagement and venue setup to attendee management and professional networking opportunities. Discover how event organizers can create memorable podcast experiences.
Business Breakfast Clubs: The Format That Beats Evening Events
Discover why business breakfast clubs are becoming a powerful networking format, how they compare with evening events, and how organizers can create more meaningful professional connections.
Our Matching Quality Report: What We Got Wrong in Year One
An in-depth review of MeetWho’s first-year matchmaking accuracy journey, the challenges behind participant recommendations, lessons learned, and how better event networking intelligence creates more meaningful professional connections.
Building an Event Platform as a Solo Founder: A Practical SaaS Guide
Learn how solo founders can build an event platform SaaS, validate ideas, choose the right technology, manage event workflows, and create meaningful networking experiences with scalable product strategies.
What Breaks When an Event Goes From 50 to 500 People?
Scaling an event from 50 to 500 attendees changes everything from registration and communication to networking quality and attendee experience. Learn the operational challenges, planning frameworks, and tools that help organizers scale events successfully.
A Teardown of Our Own Event's Networking Experience: What We Learned
A practical teardown of our own event networking experience, exploring what worked, what failed, and how intentional event networking design can help attendees build more meaningful professional connections.
Why We Don't Build a Public Attendee Directory: A Privacy-First Approach to Event Networking
Discover why privacy-first event networking avoids public attendee directories and focuses on meaningful introductions, consent-based connections, and smarter ways to help people meet the right contacts.
The Metrics We Refuse to Show Organizers: Privacy-First Event Product Design
An editorial guide to the event metrics privacy-first platforms should never expose to organizers—from private messages and popularity scores to inferred relationships—and the safer, decision-useful signals that can replace them. It also explains how MeetWho balances event operations, attendee consent, and meaningful networking.
We Analyzed 10,000 Networking Intents: What People Really Ask For
An analysis of 10,000 networking intents reveals what professionals actually seek when building connections. Discover the patterns behind meaningful networking and how event organizers can create better introductions.
How We Built Explainable Matching at MeetWho
Discover how MeetWho built explainable matching to help event attendees find the right people, understand why connections matter, and create more meaningful networking experiences through transparent recommendations.